Impaired Automotive: 2002 BMW X5 4.4i and Murphy’s Law

Feb 2018 | 0 comments

It was supposed to be an estimate on an oil leak and suspension noise. We looked at the oil leak and suspension. It was later we learned that this vehicle had been “touched” by another shop.
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